Editor's Note

Normalizing Corporate Legal Services

Touch wood, but you frequently require outside legal assistance if and when your company or your division becomes involved in litigation, is the subject of an investigation, is a party to a complex transaction, or merely seeks to improve compliance with a bewildering array of cross-border regulations. When this happens, you frequently lose control over issues like who is assigned the task, how long it will take, what the result and overall cost will be. It would be challenging to claim that during "bet the company" situations, cost savings should take precedence. The foundation of long-lasting relationships between businesses and law firms is trust, both institutional and interpersonal.

I'm open to discussion on this, but I believe that technology and individualised legal assistance can coexist. This is due to the fact that as...  >>More